User Guide

FontLab 4
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This program is called a hint replacement program and the process that it
performs is called hint replacement.
FontLab will generate hint replacement programs for every character
where necessary but you can also set hint replacement programs manually
if necessary to get the best possible results.
You can see the state of the character's hints and hint replacement
program instantly in the Font Window. There is a small mark in the left-
bottom area of each character cell. If this mark is present, it means that a
hint replacement program is present. If the mark is green it means that
the program is OK, that is, there are no overlapping hints. If this mark is
red it means that the character has overlapping hints.
The hint replacement program will be removed if you insert or delete a hint
or a node, or apply any transformation operation to the character.
Consequently, we recommend that you set advanced hinting information
only after you finish editing the character’s outlines, at the last stage of
font development.